stratified
strat·i·fy
(străt′ə-fī′)v. strat·i·fied, strat·i·fy·ing, strat·i·fies
v.tr.
1. To form, arrange, or deposit in layers.
2. To prepare (seeds) for germination by storing them under cold, moist conditions.
3.
a. To arrange or separate into castes, classes, or social levels.
b. To separate into a sequence of graded status levels.
v.intr.
1. To become layered; form strata.
2. To develop different levels of caste, class, privilege, or status.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Adj. | 1. | stratified - arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas of the distribution" hierarchal, hierarchic, hierarchical - classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers; "it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art"; "in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first" |
| 2. |  stratified - deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified rock"geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks unstratified - not deposited in layers; "glacial till is unstratified" | |
| 3. | stratified - (used of society) socially hierarchical; "American society is becoming increasingly stratified" hierarchal, hierarchic, hierarchical - classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers; "it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art"; "in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
stratified
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
stratified
[ˈstrætɪfaɪd] adj → stratificato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
strat·i·fied
a. estratificado-a, colocado-a en capas;
___ epithelium → epitelio ___.
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